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September 9, 2024

Why Are Narcissists and Borderlines Like Amber Heard Such Convincing Liars? Understanding False Abuse Allegations

Why are narcissists and borderlines, like Amber Heard, such convincing liars? What motivates them to fabricate abuse claims, and how do they manage to deceive not just friends and family, but even trained mental health professionals? It’s critical that male victims of false abuse allegations know the answers to these questions as matters of self-defense […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amber Heard, borderlines, BPD, Cluster B, custody battles, false abuse allegations, false accusations, family court, high-conflict divorce, male abuse victims, narcissistic lies, narcissistic manipulation, narcissists, personality disorders, psychological deceit

August 1, 2019

Boundaries Protect You from Narcissists and Borderlines, Part 1: The Golden Rule

If you’ve been in a relationship (or series of relationships) with emotionally manipulative, self-absorbed, empathy-challenged, immature people, I have to ask, do you have healthy boundaries? Any boundaries? Do you know what a boundary is? Perhaps you have some boundaries, but they were too anemic to deter a determined emotional predator. Thus, your boundaries were […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Codependent, Dating, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Narcissistic Personality Disorder Tagged With: borderlines, boundaries, healthy boundaries, narcissistic abuse, narcissists

August 8, 2017

Don’t Let the Narcissist Determine your Sense of Worth

Remember the childhood adage that was supposed to make us feel better when we were bullied? Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. Our parents tell us that when we’re kids, but it’s cold comfort at the time. Name-calling hurts when you’re a kid. It can also hurt as […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Relationships Tagged With: borderlines, codependency, Dr Tara Palmatier, emotional detachment, narcissistic abuse, narcissists, psychopaths, self-acceptance, self-love, self-worth

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